The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-06
NO REDUCTION IN RENT.
BALFOUR MOVES TO RECOMMIT
THE LAND BILL.


ernment First Explain tho Nature
of the Alterations it Proposed to
Make MI Dillon Voted Down.
Gladstone Going to Hawarden
LONDON, Aug. 5.--Mr Gladstone will go
to Hawarden tomorrow for a prolonged
stay.
Mr. Chamberlain will stump Ulster in
October, speaking i'll Belfast, Coleraine and
Londonderry. He will not visit the south
of Ireland, though the Dublin Unionists
have invited him to that city.
In the House of Commons this evening
Mr.. Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
announced that he did not expect to be re-
qured to make any communication to Par
lament regarding the suppression of danger
Gus associations in ireland. This statement
was received with cheers by the Irish mem
bers Upon motion of Mr.. Balfour to re-
commit the land bill for the discussion of
certain amended clauses Mr.. Dillon urged
that the government should first explain the
alterations they intended to introduce. He
asked why nothing was proposed for deal
ing with arrears. The bill as it stood af-
forded no protection to the tenants for
whom the bankruptcy clauses had been de-
signed, as those clauses had been dropped
Better protection for the tenantry became
necessary.
Mr.. Balfour said that the government was
willing to accept any workable proposal for
dealing with arrears provided debts to land
lords be held equally as sacred as debts to
shopKeepers and others. The bill gives con-
siderable protection against arrears, while
not ignoring or etfacing debts due to land
lords II was the largest measure of relief
ever granted to any class of persons in any
country.
HARCoURT ON THE CLAUSE.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt denied the
value of the boasted equity clause. Though
payment of arrears might be spread over a
number of years, each installment repre-
sented the payment of exorbitant rent. 1t
was nonsense TO talk about dealing with all
debts i'll the same way as with debts to
landlords. If the government wished the
bill to be genuine measure Of peace they
would accept the proposal of the ParnelliteS
that the courts have power to diminish ar
rears.
Mr. Gladstone refused to admit the Justice
Of drawing a parallel between arrears due
landlords and the debts of tenants to other
creditors. They We're about to declare many
rents exorbitant, but Parliament was not
going to say that traders had been charging
exorbitant prices for goods. A tenant
who obtained a decis on from the court that
his rent was excessive, ought not to have
the excessive arrears carried forward
against him.
HARDLY A MESSAGE OF PEACE.
This bill was hardly message of peace.
1t left the tenant to pay arrears which
must overpower him. r. Heart" ''Hearr'l
The bill was IN most respects of great value,
but the governments refusal to grant
reasonable concession on arrears would tend
to destroy the beneficial effects of the
measure. GCheers.l
Mr.. Smith cOntended that Mr. Gladstone
was simply urging the Government to give
away money belonging TO other people, de-
parting from principles that Parliament
hitherto had steadfastly maintained No
debt either TO landlord or trader would be
secure under a system which demoralized
the debtor. No trade or commerce would
long continue in Ireland if tenants were in
cited to violate their contracts and ignore
claims recognized throughout the civilized
world
Mr. Parnell observed that all of Mr.
Smiths argument might he used with equal
effect against the reduction which the gov
ernment proposed under pressure OF the elev-
enth hour Parliament interfered be-
cause there was no freedom of contract
with respect to land in Ireland, though
there was perfect freedom in regard TO ten
ants and traders He regretted that the
government had determined not to deal
with arrears of rent, which was the only
question likely to interfere with the settle
ment contemplated by the bill
Mr.. Dnlon's proposal was negatived by a
vote of $50 to 129 Balfours motion was
accepted, and q section was added to the bill
extending the term for the payment Of ar
reais in installments to the Land Commits
sion.
THE REPORT STAGE.
The House then resumed the report stage
Of the land iill and rejected by vote of
1I3 to 10 the proposal by Shaw Lefevre
uiberall for provisional revision of rents to
prevent block III the land court. A long
debate ensIled
Mr. FiGucane, Nationalist, submitted
proposal 10 apply the land act of 1881 to
purely paSturage holdings. This was re-
jected by vote of $50 TO 43.
Tho Sheriff of Dublin has seized the
workhouse at Groom, County Limerick, for
debt.
HARRINGTON BANQUETED.
LONDON, Aug 6, 2 A. M-The Unionist
members OF Parliament gave banquet to
Lord harrington last evening. John Bright
presided. Lord Harrington on rising was
loudly cheered. lie admitted that the gov
ernment had consulted the Unionist lead
SIs on the original drait OF the
land bill. They believed and hoped that
pending the introduction of a larger measure
II would he unnecessary TO adopt a principle
SO full Of. risk and danger to the pas
cage Of the great purchase scheme,
as the principle Of revision
OF judicial rents payable by solvent tenants.
lie continued: 1--WE further believed that
the equity and bankruptcy clause would re-
iiieve insolVents. BESIDES indirectly benefit
lnS those who were solvent, but the drop
ping Of the bankruptcy clause compelled the
government 30 adopt some alternative meas
ure. Therefore DO not think we are in the
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